Reeling-machine.



J. E. PHILLIPS.

RBELING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22, 1912.

Patented July 1, 1913.

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J. E. PHILLIPS.

RBELING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. z2, 1912.

Patented July 1, 1913.

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J. E. PHILLIPS.

RBELING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 111111.22, 1912.

Patented July 1, 1913.

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REBLING MACHINE.

APPLIGATION FILED 111111.22, 1912. 1,066,143. Patented Ju1y1,1913.

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REELING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 111111.22, 1912.

Patented July 1, 1913.

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JOSEPH E. PHILLIPS, OF YORK, PENNSYLVANIA.

REELING-MACHINE.

` Application filed March 22, 1912. Serial No. 685,504.

` York, 'in the county of ,York and State of Pennsylvania, have' invented certain -new and `useful Improvements in Reeliiig-lvla-l` chines, of which the following is-ay specification, reference bein@ C, had therein to the accom 'anying drawing.

T is invention relates to a machine for reelin'gsilk thread or'the like and the` iin-v provemen'ts are directed toa novel, simple and'etfective driving means for the reel flies, includin ,mechanism for throwing off the power w en any thread breaksor when the desired number of yards have been reeled so that the iiiescan be ,abruptly stopped at .the y right vtimewvithout the attention of the attendant. j y l l In carrying out the invention, the friet-ion Adriven pulley is carried bya swinging frame which, tponi'being lowered,A engages the drivenpu'lleywith the drivingpulley, and when raised, engages the driven pulley with a stationary brake shoe., -j 'Thedriven pulley.

is periifalnentlyl carried by the swinging frame andone pulle may serveto drive a pluralityfies. T emeasuring or countingfmechanism, whereby". the machine is stoppedvfwh'en "agiven number of yards` of thread are wound on the Hy, is carried by the swingingfranie sothat when once adjusted, no .Changes arel required orY attention given thereto, as is lnecessary with that type of machine where'the counting worin `ris 'mountf ed ontlieiiel flyshaft and always removable therewith, and since the parts that go to vmake jup`,the counting mechanism are always retained` in their relative position and Cannotget out of place, there is no danvger-of imperfect work being done by the machine. By mounting the friction-driven pulley onaswingingframe, as described, a

et'ter contac't'with the driving pulley is ob t-ainableand vas oneA driven pulley 'will sutice forfa number of Hires, the individual flies are ligh'tened so that they can be more easily haiidled, and as the result-:of the limproved arrangement, the machine will run smoother and produce more and better work and can be more easily operated. The traverse mechanism 'has its bevel drive gear mounted on theshaft of the friction. driven pulley and ,hencejis carried by lthe swinging frame Specification of Letters Patent.

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" that carries the lat-ter. In other words, the

traverse bevel drive gear is no longer mo'untdanger of the teeth of the bevel gears sl'ipfeet traverse in the skeins as sometimes ha pens 1n other machines, li overcome. The

.ley is raised and lowered by a to'ggl e device so arranged that when the joint is broken,

gagement and when the 'joint is straightened or closed, the driving engagement is discon tinued and the driven pulle trolling lever whereby the power can be thrown on and operatively related withl the thread break stop mechanism and therfull vice can be` straightened 'either when a thread breaks, or when the skeins are completed, to throw oit the power.

For a more complete understanding of the invention, its objects and details of construction, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one embodiment of the invention, and in which Figure l isa front view of that portion of. a reeling machine to which the invention is Figs. 3 and 4 are transverse sectionstaken on the same plane and to the right of Fig. l, Fig. 3 showing the parts in the position the).v .occupy when t-lie machine is operating and when the power is about to be thrown olf by the full skein stop mechanism, while Fig. 4 shows the parts in the position when the power is thrown off by said mechanism. lFig 5 is a detail view of the lower portion of Fig. 3, showing the means for throwing on the power. Fig. 6 is a similar view showing how the power is thrown ofi' by the breaking of a thread. Fig. 7 is a detail view of a Ypart of the measuringr or counting mechanism just prior to the finishing ot'the skeins. Fig. 8 is a similar View showing the parts at the instant the power is being on line 9l-l9,.Fig. 4l. Fig. 10 is a detail peradjustment is required, and furthermore thel ping or` jumping is obviated, so thatl imper` brought in tv engagement with the brake s 0e. This toggle deviceis operatively related with a con thrown o i. Fig. 9 is a detail sectional view.

swinging frame that carries the drivenpul-y the driving and drivenpulleys are in eng skein stop mechanism, so that the toggle de?k i applied. Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. l.

break stopfmechanism.

Similaireference characters are employed to designate correspondingn parts 'throughout the views.

It is-to be understood thatfthe improvespective view of a' portion Aofthe thread ments herein set forth'areespecially adapt two or more sets offlies dispose flies, the traverse mechanism, the automaticP be'/ substituted for those filled with skeins.l

It is deemed unnecessary to-shovv the complete machine, as the invention herein relates only to the frictional drive for the means for throwing off the power when the thread breaks and when the skeins are com- `pleted, and the operators mechanism for throwing on the power, all of which parts are arranged at one place in the machine,

where they take up little room and canbe incased in a dustproof housing.

Referring to the drawings, A designates 'a portionv of thel frame structure in which is journaled the main driving shaft 1 that .has secured thereto the driving pulley 2 'from which the ower is derived for operating the flies.

is osed above 'the driving vpulley 2 and in sucI relation as to rest on the latter is the driven pulley 3 vwhich -is secured to a short 'shaft4 that isjournaled in the free end ot a swinging frame -B-which' is pivoted to Swing on a shaft 'that extends longitudinallyohthe machine inwardly or behind the driven pulley. Acoupli'ng means 6, Fig. 1, detachably connectsthe iy C with the driven. pulley 3 which alwaysremains in place and is not removed wit-h the fly, as is common in machines with which I am ituatedabove the pulley 3 and fixed on the frame A is a stationar brake shoe spaced from the driving ,pu ley 2 a distance slightly greater than the diameter of the driven pulley so that when the vlatter is in engagement with the' driving pulley, it will be out of engagement with the brake shoe and vice versa.

To throw the driven pulley 3 in toand 'out of engagement with` the driving pulley,

a toggle device D, Figs. 3, 4, .f1-and 6, is employed, the same consisting of a rod 7 which has its upperl end pivoted at 8 with the swinging frame or arm B and its lower end pivotally connected at 9 with an arm 10 which turns on the sha-ft 11 as an axis. The meeting or joined ends of the -members 7 and 10 of the toggle device are bifurcateil asshown in Fig. 9, and tne 'bifurcations 12 of the upper member 7 extend between the bifurcations 13 of the lower member 10, and

the bifurcations 12 are adapted to coper-l ate with 'the surface 14 of the lower member to form a knuckle joint so that the toggle device can collapse or break only in one direction or toward the right from the position sho-wn 'in Fig. f1 to that shown in Fig. 3 When the toggle device collapses, the driven pulley drops into engagement with -the drivingpulley and receives rotation .from the latter, and when the toggle joint isstraightened, the driven pulley is disengaged from the driving pulley and engaged with the brake shoe so that the rotationof the fiies is abruptlystopped.

Passing between the bifurcations 12, Fig.' 9, is a lever 15 which has `its arm a lighter than the arm b and this lever is ulcrumed on the. pintle 9 of the knuckle joint ofthe toggle device. On the rear or. heavier arm ofthe lever 1'5 is an upstanding shoulder or abutment 16 that is adapted to be engaged withthe lower end'of a rckingactuator or knock-01T 17 which is constantly rocking, the engagement of the rocking knock-off 17 with the shoulder 16 being possible only when the rear end of the lever 15 is raised through the agency of the threadbreak stopmechanism or the full skein'stop mechanism, as will be hereinafter more fully described. By the knock-'off 17 engaging the shoulder 16, the lever 15 is moved longitudinally rearwardly to straighten the ltoggle'device `and throw olf the power. The power is thrown on4 bv means of a controller or lever 18` which is ful'crumedat 19 on the frame-A and hasfa'weight 20 for retracting it to inoperative position after being actuated, and on `the lever is an arm 21 which extends upwardly under the -front end of. the lever 15 so lthat the' 'upper end of the arm, whichmaybeefipped wltha roller 22, mayengafje with teshoulder 23 on the 'under side o' the lever 15, the shoul- 1er being sc positoned that by depressing the handle of the lever 18, thearm 21 will move `toward and engage the shoulder 23 and impart longitudinal movement of the lever 15 to the right, Fig. .4, and thereby cause the toggle joint to break, as shown in Fig. 5, to throw on the power. lVVhen'thepower is thrown on, the operator releases the lever 18 vwhich gravitates to the position shown in Fig. 4,-where it is arrested by ,a stop 24 with whichl the handle en dof the lever engages. When the lever is in re-A tracted position, there is sufficient space between the upper-end of the arm 21 and the shoulder 23 that the lever 15 is free to move under the action of the knock-oill 17 when the breaking of a thread or the completion of the skeins necessitates throwing off of the power.

The mechanism which measures the thread or yarn as itis wound on the iy and interrupts the running of the machine when a given' length is wound, is driven from the friction driven pulley 3,.there. being on theI shaft 4 of thelatter a Worm.25, Fig. 2-, which meshes with thev worin gear 26 on a shaft 27I that is rotatable in journals 28 on the swinging frame B, and on the shaft 27 1s a worm 29 which in turn meshes with the large gear is adapted to operate. on a throw-oft lever 36 which is fulcrumed on the structure A, at 37, said lever having-an arm 38 which engages under the arm b of the leyer 15 so that such .arm b will be raised into the path of the rocking knock-off 17- to effect the stopping of the machine. The lever or device 36 is movable between two stops 39 and 40 on the main frame .A, the said stops being located at sides of the vertical line .passing through the pivotal center 37. The throw-off lever 36 carries atl its upper end a Weight4l which holds the. lever to one side or the other of a vertical lineanduaganst either stop 39 or 40.

Projecting from the weight is a pivoted finger or equivalent device 42 which has a limited swinging movement between stops 43 and 44 on the weight, and this finger is inv the pathrof the` finger 35 on'tlieehain when the lever 36 bears against the stop 40 so that as `thevfin'ger 35 ascends at theleft side of the chainy 34, it 'will'approach the yfinger 42, as shown in Fig. 7 and engage under the same as shown in Fig. 3, as the chain continues its movement and eventually raise the finger and cause the lever 36 .'to swing laterally to and beyond la neutral or vertical position frornwhieh it will gravitate to the position shown in Fig.r4,' and rest against the stop 39, thereby raising the lever 15 into a. position Where the rocking knock-oftA 17 will operate 0n the toggle'device D to change the parts from the position shown in Fig. 3 to that shownvin Fig. 4, and-as the result,

the machine is stopped. Vifhennewor` empty reel flies are put into the maehineytheoper,

ator throws the Weighted knocklofi lever 3 6 .outwardly-where it will bearagainst the s'top 40, and the finger 42, which Ais now` in its lowered position, will pass: underthe finger 35 on the chain so that theehainran continue to make another flight as'the nwg skeins arewound on the flies, the movement i of the sprocket wheel 33 and hence ehain'34 l being clockwise. The-'speed reduction between vthe driving pulley and sprocket4 wheel is of such ratio and the length of the sprocket Vchain of such dimension, aecoi'dihg Oithe.

scale used in the drawings.' vthat five hundred,

ya rdsl of thread to each link of the chain will wind on the flies before the power is thrown off' automatically.

T akingA up now the trave-rse mechanism,

-the thread' 45 i's supplied' from spools/or other carriers arranged as in the usual marir' ner at the bot-tom of the machine, andafterff passing around tension `bars 46,V the threads,`

extend through faller's 47 and. Athrough traverse guides 4 8 on the traversebare), which reeiproeates in the usual mannerfa'nd lays the threads vin lproper relation on th'e fly. The'traverse bar slideslinsupportsft),

one of which is shown in -Fig'."1, said supports being mounted on a shaft.. 51. reciprocation of the bar 1s effected by actinnecting rod`52 which is attached to a rotatjl ing'crank ann 53 fastened tothe lower end," of a shaft 54, said shaft being journaled lin bearings 55 on the main frame A `and having at its upper end a driveni-bevel geart'.

e. shaft 4 of the driven pulley?) so'that as: e ve l" pulley rotates, there 'will bea co ntiiifiis1 reciprocation of the traverse bar. It will be'5 Vobserved that as the driving bevel 'gear"57f,

withnvhich meshes a driving gear 57'onfth is not attached to the fly'shaft,` asvfisI con monly the case" inmachine`s with which am acquainted, the Irelation-olf' the L travers,J i device with the drivenl pulleyffis 'never altered,'and as 'the result, perfect workean -vented.- Provision is' made -tb ope-rateyth, -toggle device D" by ltli'e dropping' of any be done and slippingjovf the faller 47V through a' frame E which l'eXte-nkls horizontally of the machine under the main Vdrivingl shaft 1. 4This frame'Ehas a front' horizontal bar 58, Fig. ,2, so leated'fthatfdl when any faller drops; it will strike the bar!" 58 and eause the lframer to rock on ashaft," 59, Fig. 1 as a center, thus throwi'u' the' irar bar 60 of frame E, Figs. 2.and-1 up'-l wardly, said rear bar 60 Ahaving one end e'xlfv fiiq tended int-o a. member 61 which engages un'ff' der the toggle-operatingllever 15, thus gele,-`

vating the lever when the frame is 'elell rated and bringing ,the shoulder 16 intol path of the rocking.,knock-,Clifx 17, Yand con.-Y

sequently the 4power will thrown of'wh'en any lfallel -l.`o .ps,` ."When the-device is rye-set after thefends of thebrolen thread areA Con'- neeted, the frame will 'return with'f'then (.'therparts tornormal or operative position, As shown 1n.F igs.,2,and 10,.the bar GQ Ahas an'ofset162. so aste straddle and passgbei e yond .the main frame it,- as'Y the Affaller;`

E'operated frame E is located at oneside of 'oppcsiteside.

the main `rarneAfWhile the'lever 15 is at thev Fromfthe foregoing description, taken connection with the' accompanying', drawings, thehdvanta'ges of the' construction and ,ofthe v.ofoperagion will be readily vist loperated thereby, a movable frame on which the'driven pulley. is mounted, a' brake shoe, a toggle device connected with the frame for moving the driven pulley from the driving'pulley to the brake shoe or Vice versa, said device comprising upper and lower members hingedly connected together with theflower end of the lower member' rela tively fixed and the upper end of the upper member connected with the movable frame, a member connected with the toggle device, a manually operated controller under and engageable with one end of the member for collapsing the toggle device to engage the pulleys, and an automatic stop mechanism engageable with thefother end of the mem ber for disengaging the pulleys and engaging the driven pulley with .the brake shoe.

2., In a reeling machine, the combination 'of adriving-pulley, a brake shoe, a 'driven' pulley cngageable with the driving pulley or' brake shoe, a movable frame supporting the driven pulley,-a toggle device connected with the said frame for moving the same to engage the driven pulley with the Vbrake shoev ordriving pulley, a member connected with the 'oint of the toggle device and extending t erefroin in opposite direct-ions, a starting lever normally disconnected from the member and engageable with one end thereof, for breaking the joint of the toggle device, a constantly moving actuator, and means for automatically throwing the other end of the member into engagement with the actuator to move the toggle device to a position' to stop the machine.

3. In a reeling machine, the combination of a driving pulley, a brake shoe, a driven,

pulley engageable with the driving pulley or brake shoe, a movable frame supporting the driven pulley, a toggle device connected with the said frame for moving the same to engage the driven pulley 'with the brake shoe or driving pulley, a lever connected at ari intermediate point withthe joint of the toggle ldevice, a starting means engageable with one end of the lever for breaking the ljoint of the toggle device to start the machine, a constantly moving actuator, and separate means for movingr the opposite end of the lever intocoperative relation with means operated by ,the measuring device and operating thro'u h the first-mentioned means for disengaging the pulleys.

5. In a reeling machine, the combination of a driving pulley, a driven pulley, a fly rotated thereby, a movable frame supporting the driven pulley, al measuring device carried entirely by the said frame and operatively connected with the driven pulley, means for moving the frame to engage and discngagc the pulleys, a starting controller operating through the said means for engaging the pulleys, a throw-olf means operated by the measuring device and operating through the first-mentioned means for disen aging the pulleys.

6, n a reeling machine, the combination of a driving element, a driven element frictionally engageable therewith, a reel y operated by the driven element,a brake shoe, a swinging fraine carrying the driven element, a measuring device operated by the driven element and mounted on the said frame whereby the weight'of the device and said frame are added to the driven element to maintain the latter in 'frictional engagementwith the driving element, means for moving the said frame for shifting the driven element from. the driving'element to the brake shoe or vice versa, and means controlled by the measuring device and operating through the first-mentioned means for lmoving the said frame in a direction to disengage the said elements.

7. Ina reeling machine, the combination thereon, a re'el fly rotated by and detachable from the drivep element, a movable frame `of a driving element, a driven elementdisy posed over the driving element to bear in` which the driven elementis permanently Y supported, a worm perated by the driven element, .a gear meshing with. the worm, a second worm, a gear driven thereby, said gears and worms being carried by the said frame 'to' supplement the weightof the latter and of the driven pulley ,for maintaining the latter in frictional driving contact with the driving pulley, means for moving the frame to throw the driven element into and out of engagement with the drivingelement, a throw-oli device operating through the means to disengage the elements, and

:i ellen :i A i the ily'. ln a. reelinif n of :i driving puliegn :i interi' thereby, u niimiligff riven pulley, ai rmi www1-ien rit-r ai morali-le grim e loizarhir the drm und rod, i lil-wr wiwknnrlile iointz und havin than the other, si oemtentfy tor awry troni which the tmniier er' (ri ik tutes, Ineens Vfor throwing the heavier erin into engagement with theV iietimtor tf, :new

the lever longitudinally for r-lwing knuckle joint :1nd dinengngfjx ha mille; :unl means operatively relzttml in ifie lighter :irni of the lever to brezil( the john, tor en` gagging the prille t). 1n a reelingn n'mffi'iinei the romoixmiion of a .f lrivingl pulley :i driven rotated tl'iet'eiiy, r lir ing the inovzilile y, r neeted with the will fram i nected with the joint of the, tee-gie derive7^ shoulders on the leversY :i manually opei ated mennel for engaging one shoulder to break the toggle device to engage the pnlleys, a constantly moving fertile-,or iulzipi ed to engage the other shoulder t1 i, l riiiffiit ening the toggle device :intl throwing." driven pulley from the dining pulley to the brake shoe, a thread break stop im' moving the lever into engagement with the will :if:

i lut? tlmtor to Stop the machine, and i full site-in stop also for throwing the lever into en.

gugelnent with the netmitor to ,Stop the msichine.

10. ln :1 reeling machine, the eoinhiimtien of a driving pulley, n driven piilleyi n rotated thereby, ai brake shoe, :i i'mine my ing the movable pulley? si toggle deviee ronneetefl with the said frame, n leven te erumeil intermediate, its ends at the imi of the toggle device, Shredders mi nppneite g' ends of the lever, u. starting lever iuirizmiiy retracted from and engzig'euile with one (rthe Shoulders to more the lever lifingituflinelly to break' the toff'gjle device and there by engage the driven with the, driving palley7 :i eonhrantly moving; :wliimrir nornmlly enii'agenien with the other .@houlder find inem,y for automatically* olli r ,hun ier with the :le .fen ille driven pulley to he disirom the driving pulley to Stop the ne. Y v il, in :i reeling machine, the combination elj :ri driving pulley, e driven pulley, :L routed thereby, a brake shoe/ ai frame yin the, movable rnilley, a toggle device wninlfteil with the said trame, a lever fillrmnrd intermediate the end` :it the joint of l the leggerle derive ehonldem` on opposite ends i ot the lever, n Starting lever normally rel tin/teil from und engiigeehle with one of the Y to nime the lever longitudinally fiwxi-int mi, i v;-.,1f}i,b in wird i. .(7, with e i Hw( .Lie 11,19 y' 611 l the driven with the driving pulley7 i constantly moving monitor normally out of enengrniefit with the other shoulder of leveri :i tliroivout lever adapted when n itzon to engin# the tiretnien- X tinnen with the nommer. and a mensurine f 'ire operated by the driven pulley i for mnt. llingY ille throw-out lever.

l2, ln .fi reeling machine, the combinaiinn of i1 lrivngg pulley, a driven pulley, a g fly rfilnted thereby, :i brake. shoe, n movable i wir moving the efirrier for shifting the driven g pail v from the driving pulley to the brake fahne ind vire versn, :t lever connected with the Suid ineens for actuating the same, a 5 emitroller normally disengaged from the letine in presence of two Witnesses.

JOSEPH E. PHILLIPS.

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l MARY ll. LEADER.

er for the driven pulley, means for ver :ind enpiigezihle therewith for moving 

